diff --git a/python/lp3thw/Exercise21/ex21.py b/python/lp3thw/Exercise21/ex21.py
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+def add(a, b):
+    print(f"ADDING {a} + {b}")
+    return a + b
+def subtract(a, b):
+    print(f"SUBTRACTING {a} - {b}")
+    return a - b
+def multiply(a, b):
+    print(f"MULTIPLYING {a} * {b}")
+    return a * b
+def divide(a, b):
+    print(f"DIVIDING {a} / {b}")
+    return a / b
+
+print("Let's do some math with just functions!!")
+
+age = add(30, 5)
+height = subtract(75, 3)
+weight = multiply(60, 3)
+iq = divide(200, 2)
+
+print(f"Age: {age} \nHeight: {height} \nWeight: {weight} \nIQ: {iq}")
+
+#extra credit
+print("Here is a puzzle")
+
+what = add(age, subtract(height, multiply(weight, divide(iq, 2))))
+
+print(f"The what variable is equal to: {what}")
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diff --git a/python/lp3thw/Exercise23/ex23.py b/python/lp3thw/Exercise23/ex23.py
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+import sys
+script, inputEncoding, error = sys.argv
+
+def main(languageFile, encoding, errors):
+    line = languageFile.readline()
+    if line:
+        printLine(line, encoding, errors)
+        return main(languageFile, encoding, errors)
+
+def printLine(line, encoding, errors):
+    nextLang = line.strip()
+    rawBytes = nextLang.encode(encoding, errors=errors)
+    cookedString = rawBytes.decode(encoding, errors=errors)
+
+    print(rawBytes, "<===>", cookedString)
+
+languages = open("languages.txt", encoding="utf-8")
+
+main(languages, inputEncoding, error)
diff --git a/python/lp3thw/Exercise23/languages.txt b/python/lp3thw/Exercise23/languages.txt
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+Afrikaans
+አማርኛ
+Аҧсшәа
+العربية
+Aragonés
+Arpetan
+Azərbaycanca
+Bamanankan
+বাংলা
+Bân-lâm-gú
+Беларуская
+Български
+Boarisch
+Bosanski
+Буряад
+Català
+Чӑвашла
+Čeština
+Cymraeg
+Dansk
+Deutsch
+Eesti
+Ελληνικά
+Español
+Esperanto
+فارسی
+Français
+Frysk
+Gaelg
+Gàidhlig
+Galego
+한국어
+Հայերեն
+हिन्दी
+Hrvatski
+Ido
+Interlingua
+Italiano
+עברית
+ಕನ್ನಡ
+Kapampangan
+ქართული
+Қазақша
+Kreyòl ayisyen
+Latgaļu
+Latina
+Latviešu
+Lëtzebuergesch
+Lietuvių
+Magyar
+Македонски
+Malti
+मराठी
+მარგალური
+مازِرونی
+Bahasa Melayu
+Монгол
+Nederlands
+नेपाल भाषा
+日本語
+Norsk bokmål
+Nouormand
+Occitan
+Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча
+ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
+پنجابی
+پښتو
+Plattdüütsch
+Polski
+Português
+Română
+Romani
+Русский
+Seeltersk
+Shqip
+Simple English
+Slovenčina
+کوردیی ناوەندی
+Српски / srpski
+Suomi
+Svenska
+Tagalog
+தமிழ்
+ภาษาไทย
+Taqbaylit
+Татарча/tatarça
+తెలుగు
+Тоҷикӣ
+Türkçe
+Українська
+اردو
+Tiếng Việt
+Võro
+文言
+吴语
+ייִדיש
+中文
diff --git a/python/lp3thw/Exercise24/ex24.py b/python/lp3thw/Exercise24/ex24.py
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+print("Let's practice everything.")
+print("You'd need to know about escapes with \\")
+print("\n newlines and \ttabs")
+
+poem = """
+\tThe lovely world
+with logic so firmly planted
+cannot discern \n the needs of love
+nor comprehend passion from intuition
+and requires an explanation
+\n\t\twhere there is none.
+"""
+
+print("-----------")
+print(poem)
+print("-----------")
+
+
+five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6
+print(f"this should be five: {five}")
+
+def secretFormula(started):
+    jellyBeans = started * 500
+    jars = jellyBeans / 1000
+    crates = jars / 100
+    return jellyBeans, jars, crates
+
+
+startPoint = 10000
+beans, jars, crates = secretFormula(startPoint)
+
+#another way to format a string
+print("With a starting point of {}".format(startPoint))
+#Identical to the print(f" ") method
+print(f"We have {beans} beans, {jars} jars, and {crates} crates.")
+
+startPoint = startPoint / 10
+
+print("We can also do that this way:")
+formula = secretFormula(startPoint)
+print("We'd have {} beans, {} jars, {} crates".format(*formula))
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